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Agreed. First amendment protections should only apply to individuals anyway. Tesla doesn’t have a sane argument here since Tesla is not a person. (I recognize

by rufius 3y ago

Agreed. First amendment protections should only apply to individuals anyway. Tesla doesn’t have a sane argument here since Tesla is not a person. (I recognize there’s a whole bag of worms around corporations and attempts to treat them like individuals in the eyes of the law.)

Tangurena2 3y ago
The US Supreme Court says that corporations are people, and therefore every civil right that applies to humans applies to corporations. I suppose that will make things easier for aliens (if they ever move to Earth) to have the same civil/legal rights as humans. I guess replicants will all need to incorporate in order to avoid being slaves (to avoid a Bladerunner future).
- jcranmer 3y ago
  That's patently false. The Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, for example, doesn't apply to corporations.
- lupusreal 3y ago
  The supreme court said that people don't lose their first amendment rights just because they form a political advocacy group.
  - hedora 3y ago
    They also literally said “corporations are people”.
    - lupusreal 3y ago
      Corporations are groups of people. And citizens united was a political advocacy group.
burnerburnson 3y ago
That logic doesn't pass muster. Imagine if a state passed a similar law and then started piling fines on newspapers for misleading reporting. Clearly, the mere fact that the newspaper is a corporation doesn't dissolve its speech rights (nor should it).